The Net S02 E03 Episode 3

The magazine series about computers and the digital world. Tonight, Benjamin Woolley looks at interactive movies on CD-ROM where the player takes the lead role in the film and determines how the plot unfolds. Will these movies convert couch potatoes into hyperactive role players? There's also a report on the race to find a secure way to transfer money digitally. Will these electronic currencies turn the Internet into an on-line economy and lead to financial anarchy? Plus science fiction writer Jeff Noon presents a film he has written for the programme that draws on the imagery in his books. And in Hotlist Paddy Ashdown, leader of the Liberal Democrats, investigates some of the political sites available on the World Wide Web.